Black Breastfeeding Week 2014!

Raising Awareness with Black Breastfeeding Week! Yes, they deserve a special week in world breastfeeding month! :) Please read on if you have a different opinion or don't understand why. Black breastfeeding moms absolutely face more challenges than other mothers in the US AND they need the benefits of breastfeeding even more because they and their babies are even more at risk. If you don't know, read on. Studies, surveys, CDC reports and more support this. "The barriers are financial, cultural, systemic and logistical. When dominant culture women aren’t aware of the challenges that women of color face, that lack of awareness becomes a barrier of its own." And please remember that race matters not just in breastfeeding, but in life... everyday. Whether you think it does or doesn't or should or shouldn't - race impacts everything.

http://blackbreastfeedingweek.org/why-we-need-black-breastfeeding-week/

http://lactationmatters.org/2014/08/25/seven-ways-to-support-black-breastfeeding-week/

And...Why Ferguson has everything to do with Black Breastfeeding Week

SO CATCHY! "All the...all the babies love it!" :)

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...And just because it's relevant to race and the times (not breastfeeding fyi), I have to include this as well as another example of all that is holding us back from moving more towards equality... If you're interested, go for the link below...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/jon-stewart-ferguson_n_5720622.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063